Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival Announces Three Show Season featuring Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and the Florida Premiere of Falstaff; Festival season includes official launch of Sharing Shakespeare educational programs.

August 25th,  2025

The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival, (PBSF) the County’s longest-running professional theater company, announces its upcoming 2025 – 2026 season which features a collaboration with Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBAU) and a Shakespeare by the Sea original premiere. The season line-up includes the PBAU collaboration production of Romeo & Juliet on October 2 – 4 at the Fern Street Theater; the 6^th Annual Shakespeare by the Palms presentation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth on February 13 – 16 at its new location in the Veterans Park Amphitheater in Royal Palm Beach, and the 36^th Anniversary Shakespeare by the Sea premiere of the original production, Falstaff: Shakespeare’s Greatest Invention at the Seabreeze Amphitheater in Carlin Park, Jupiter from July 9 – 19.

In addition to its professional productions, PBSF officially launches its in-school Sharing Shakespeare educational programs. Underwritten by Gary and Katherine Parr, the program includes interactive performances of selected scenes from the Spring production of Macbeth, with Company actors and its director breaking down the history, language and methods of performing each scene. Additionally, PBSF will bring its Fall production of Romeo & Juliet to the Kravis Center as a part of the Center’s educational S*T*A*R* Series on October 27 – 29. S*T*A*R* Series performances enhance classroom curricula and include admission waivers, ensuring no student is denied admission because of economic need*.

“Following our incredible anniversary season, we are so excited to bring more of the Bard to the community through an added Fall production and the official launch of our Sharing Shakespeare educational programming,” says Managing Producer, Elizabeth Dashiell. “Despite multiple years of funding cuts, we are able to expand our offerings thanks to our long-time cultural partnerships with PBAU and the Kravis Center, as well as the School District of Palm Beach County and our season sponsors, Gary and Katherine Parr. The arts are for everyone, and we are committed to doing everything we can to ensure access to the language, history, critical thinking and more that the works of William Shakespeare brings to us all. All of our productions are presented at low, or no cost to our students and patrons to remove as many socioeconomic barriers as possible from seeing these great works as they were meant to be enjoyed – live on stage.”

Shakespeare by the Palms is presented by The Village of Royal Palm Beach. Shakespeare by the Sea is presented in cultural partnership with Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation. The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival season is presented by The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival and Gary and Katherine Parr. Shakespeare by the Sea is also sponsored by Frank Cona & Lisa Calberg. Additional funding is provided by a grant from the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County.

Calendar Listings-

Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival, in partnership with Palm Beach Atlantic University, present

Romeo & Juliet

October 2 – 4

Thurs. – Sat. at 7:30 p.m.

Fern Street Theater

500 Fern Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Tickets start at $10

Shakespeare’s timeless tale of star-crossed love unfolds in this breathtaking adaptation by Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Trent Stephens. Professional Company actors join collegiate castmates to share the story of a young infatuation that leads to deadly consequences, and the eventual uniting of their feuding families.

Village of Royal Palm Beach and Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival present

6^th Annual Shakespeare by the Palms

Macbeth

February 13 – 16, 2026 at 7 p.m.

Veterans Park Amphitheater

1036 Royal Palm Beach Blvd B, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411
Free admission

Have a bloody good time this Valentine’s weekend with the couple that truly “slays.” Shakespeare’s macabre tale recounts the tragic story of General Macbeth who is told by three witches that he will be King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, Macbeth kills the king and takes the throne, fulfilling the witches’ prophecy. But once on the throne, the couple find that “blood will have blood” and they, and the country, will never be the same.

Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival and Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation present

36^th Annual Shakespeare by the Sea

Falstaff – Shakespeare’s Greatest Invention

July 9 – 12 and 16 – 19, 2026 at 8 p.m.

Free admission

Featured in three of Shakespeare’s plays, one of the most enduring and beloved characters of all time is brought to live in this Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival production of Fallstaff: Shakespeare’s Greatest Invention. From Henry the IV and Henry the V, to The Merry Wives of Windsor, the character of Falstaff looms larger-than-life. This original production uses scenes from each play to weave together the tale of the life and times of history’s greatest wit and scoundrel.

* Educators interested in bringing their classroom to the S*T*A*R* Series production of Romeo & Juliet at the Kravis Center can find the reservation form here: https://kravis-center.paperturn-view.com/?pid=ODk8901901&source=qr

ABOUT THE PALM BEACH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival is a 501(c)3 professional theater company dedicated to enhancing the accessibility and appreciation for Shakespearean, classic and contemporary theater for all ages and socioeconomic levels. For more information about the Festival, its history or its season, please visit www.pbshakespeare.org.